Review of Four Minutes (2006) by Curt J — 11 Jan 2009
The premise - elderly piano teacher teaches a damaged convicted murderer with outstanding piano ability in a female prison. Not on the surface a "wow! must see this".
The scene setting is slow but I felt well worth sticking with. The story unfolds with brutality, prejudice, idealism, beauty and truth. Characters are not one-dimensional, unexpected sensitivity is counterbalanced by vindictiveness and violence.
You're lead to assume the ending, but it's so much better than that. I found it exciting and wonderful!
The two female leads are really, really good. It's bleakness is tempered by the possibilities of beauty. I wouldn't recommend this to all my friends but I would particularly recommend it to some.
This review of Four Minutes (2006) was written by Curt J on 11 Jan 2009.
Four Minutes has generally received positive reviews.
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